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NATO Kills 27 Civilians in Afghanistan

By Associated Press

Reports indicated that NATO planes fired at a convoy of three vehicles, killing at least 27 people, including four women and a child, and injuring 12 others.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24825.htm



Afghanistan slams US-led forces as 27 civilian's killed

The Afghan cabinet condemned the killing of 27 civilians by US-led NATO forces in the south of Afghanistan, describing it as an "unjustifiable" act.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119233&sectionid=351020403



U.S. Ordered Afghan Strike That Killed 27 Civilians

The airstrike Sunday hit a group of minibuses in a remote part of the south near the border between Uruzgan and Daykundi provinces.

http://snipurl.com/uhft3



Kucinich Challenges Gates on Civilians Killed in Afghanistan

The buck doesn't appear to be stopping anywhere in Afghanistan.
http://rawstory.com/2010/02/kucinich-challenges-gates/



Anger spreads on Marjah's front line

People in Marjah district in Helmand province, where a Western and Afghan military operation aims to oust the Taliban, say several civilians have been killed in addition to the 12 acknowledged by the International Security Assistance Force, ISAF. They also say the fighting has caused hunger because people cannot leave their homes to fetch food.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB23Df02.html



Pakistan warns US over Operation Moshtarak

Islamabad has criticized the US over the ongoing military offensive in neighboring Afghanistan, saying the anti-Taliban offensive could threaten the stability of Pakistan.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119242&sectionid=351020401



Gates Calls European Mood a Danger to Peace

By BRIAN KNOWLTON

Mr. Gates's blunt comments came just three days after the coalition government of the Netherlands collapsed in a dispute over keeping Dutch troops in Afghanistan. It now appears almost certain that most of the 2,000 Dutch troops there will be withdrawn this year. And polls show that the Afghanistan war has grown increasingly unpopular in nearly every European country.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24851.htm



Afghan survivors: Women waved scarves to try to stop NATO air attack

The military helicopters swooped in from behind the three-vehicle convoy as it wound through a remote road in southern Afghanistan, and survivors of last week's deadly attack said they had no idea they were in danger until the lead four-wheel drive vehicle exploded.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100303/wl_mcclatchy/3442141


From Information Clearing House



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